9:34-38
Abimelek followed Zebul’s advice. Gaal saw the men in the morning. He thought Zebul was on his side, not knowing that the opposite was true. Zebul told Gaal that he was imagining things. Zebul then revealed where he stood, mocking Gaal, for his apparent bravado was proving to have no substance to it. Zebul goaded Gaal into going out to fight.
9:39-45
So Gaal went out to fight, but things did not go well for him, and Zebul then drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem. The people had turned from being for Abimelek to being against him. Abimelek now turned against the people of Shechem. So he attacked the people of Shechem, captured it and killed its people. He destroyed the city and scattered salt on it, this was symbolic of the city now being a barren land.
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